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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The unnamed narrator wonders in Part Five if which character would be offended if he put his story about Ashley into a novel?
(a) Jon.
(b) His agent.
(c) Alex.
(d) Rick.

2. During the author's final walk with Liza before he must call the doctor to choose a form of sedation, the heat is described in what way?
(a) Cloying.
(b) Wintry.
(c) Summery.
(d) Thick.

3. About what subject does the unnamed narrator pontificate when the intern begs him to speak aloud?
(a) Pluto's demoted status.
(b) The qualities of the equator.
(c) The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.
(d) The spawning of salmon.

4. Alena tells the unnamed narrator at the train station that she has hardly seen him in how many weeks?
(a) 5 or 6.
(b) 8 or 9.
(c) 3 or 4.
(d) 10 or 11.

5. In what location do the unnamed narrator and Rick have a conversation after the unnamed narrator's sexual encounter with Alex?
(a) The solarium.
(b) The attic.
(c) The basement.
(d) The screened-in porch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What task is the unnamed narrator supposed to be working on during the residency?

2. When the novel opens, the unnamed narrator is walking along with which character?

3. How old is Alex turning when she and the unnamed narrator have her birthday dinner at Telepan two days after his cardiac tests?

4. What is revealed to be the truth about Doctor Roberts's request for the author to see a neurologist?

5. The unnamed narrator remarks in Part One that the movie Back to the Future was a movie of what type from his youth?

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